Observer Department: News

Navigating nursing home woes: How a vulnerable population is affected by the coronavirus pandemic 

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Many families with members in nursing homes have been severely impacted by the pandemic.   “The impact the pandemic has had on residents in the nursing homes that suffer from Alzheimer’s and dementia has been great,” says Laura Tanguay of Lowell, Massachusetts.   Tanguay worries a lot about the state of her 88-year-old dad that she has not been able to take out of the nursing…

Does it hurt? A local pharmacist’s vaccine experience

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“The shot itself doesn’t hurt,” Hunter Gouldthorpe said. “What’ll really knock you out is what comes after.”   Gouldthorpe has been working as a pharmacist at the Salisbury, Mass. branch of CVS pharmacy for two years.   Though the high paced work environment is often a source of stress, his position came with an…

COVID curveball: The pros and cons of learning online

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Life changed abruptly for students and faculty members when the Covid-19 pandemic hit last March.   With cases rising around the country, this prompted the precautionary decision for all schools, from kindergarten to college, to go virtual. By mid-March, most school campuses were closed and had transitioned to online classes…

COVID-19 has torn apart the fabric of trade schools, where online learning fails as a substitute

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The teachers and students at trade and technical high schools have been suffering over the past year due to COVID-19 and the implementation of online learning.   Trade schools like Whittier Technical High School and Essex Agricultural High School have been at the tail end of the changes brought on…

Survey shows students coping with a year of isolation, loneliness

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The pandemic has caused a mass amount of change in a small amount of time. Some people may refer to the pandemic as unprecedented. The group that the pandemic has had the largest effect on is students. Kids went from seeing their teacher and friends everyday face to face to…

Students weigh in on best options for getting credible information and news

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Technology has come a long way along with the news industry. There are numerous amounts of ways to receive your news and where you can get your information from. Since the dawn of the internet, you can receive your news from social media outlets as well. There is the old…

Virtual town hall highlights plans for fall classes

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Monday, March 29, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs William “Bill” Heineman, and Director of Student Success Management Audrey Ellis hosted a Virtual Town Hall meeting via Zoom to update students and parents on NECC’s most current plan for conducting courses in the Fall. Earlier this month, NECC announced…

Haverhill meeting focuses on proposal to remove Little River dam

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“Talking about the likelihood of flooding is a tricky thing,” said Julie Busa, an ecologist.  “As we see more of these [climate change related] events, we are expecting to see the same level of floods that you'd see every 500 years, every 100,” she said. In a virtual meeting on…

Virtual twon hall to address summer/fall plans

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On Monday March 29th from 11am to 12pm, Audrey Ellis, Assistant Director of Student Success Management, will be hosting a NECC Virtual Town Hall featuring Bill Heineman, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs via Zoom to discuss the plans for the Summer and Fall 2021 semesters. “We will focus…

Mass Transfer program may be students’ best financial option

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Northern Essex Community College is one of the many community colleges in Massachusetts that is part of a lucrative program for students looking to receive their bachelor’s degree after attending community college. NECC works with state universities like the UMass schools, Salem State, and more to offer students a variety…